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[Archive] Einstein on Parades

Culture & Public Commentary2009.08.08
[Archive] Einstein on Parades
Excerpted from [U.S.]Walter•Isaacson: Einstein: His Life and Universe, translated by Zhang Butian In Munich, although the penetration of Bavarian spirit into everyday life had not yet gone quite so deep, that Prussian-style glorification of the army was already running rampant. Many children liked to play at being soldiers. When the army passed by to the sound of flutes and drums, children would pour into the street, join the procession, and march along step by step. Einstein was not like that. The first time he saw such a spectacle, he burst into tears. “I certainly didn’t want to grow up to become such a pitiful fellow,” he told his parents. As…
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2009年8月8日
[A Quick Science Explainer][Repost] Allergic Rhinitis

Life & Notes2009.04.10
[A Quick Science Explainer][Repost] Allergic Rhinitis
http://baike.baidu.com/view/83.htm Allergic rhinitis is also called vasomotor rhinitis; it is an allergic disease of the nasal mucosa and can cause a variety of complications. There is also a type triggered by nonspecific irritation, with no specific allergen involved and not an immune reaction process, but whose clinical manifestations are similar to the above two types of allergic rhinitis; this is called vasomotor rhinitis, or neuroreflex rhinitis. The irritants may come from outside the body (physical or chemical factors), or from within the body (endocrine or psychological factors). For this reason, some people regard it as essentially allergic rhinitis; however, because there is no antigen-antibody reaction in the body, desensitization therapy,…
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2009年4月10日
JOKER! — The Clown, the One Who Tells Jokes, the Wild Card, the Big Joker, the King.

Life & Notes2009.01.16
JOKER! — The Clown, the One Who Tells Jokes, the Wild Card, the Big Joker, the King.
I am merely an unclaimed street performer, roaming the noisy, clamorous streets of the city, using the crudest props I happened to pick up to ply the cheapest tricks before passersby hurrying past, only hoping that busy modern people might stop for a moment now and then. —— Gu Cha He is neither arrogant nor deferential to others; he is simply striving to pursue true wisdom. A true joker is very different from the other cards. —— Sophie So, Sophie, now you must make a choice. Are you a child whose curiosity has not yet been worn away by the world? Or a philosopher who can never be such a…
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2009年1月16日
Thinking of EVA

Culture & Public Commentary2008.07.27
Thinking of EVA
Another anime song post? What can I do—recently in Shanghai, because I didn’t have speakers and for other reasons, I haven’t really been listening to music at all, and the only melodies I could summon up from memory just happened to be anime songs. I was reminded of EVA that day when I went to a relative’s house and saw the latest domestic animated film, “Qin Shi Mingyue.” Its gaudy 3D visuals only served to throw its shallowness into sharper relief; if this animation has made any progress at all, I’m afraid it is progress in a disappointing direction. Thinking of the difference between Chinese and Japanese animation, I couldn’t…
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2008年7月27日
Seven Subjects of Moral Education (How to Do Moral Education?)

Culture & Public Commentary2008.07.17
Seven Subjects of Moral Education (How to Do Moral Education?)
Moral education is not the task of the university. By the time they enter college, most students are already adults, and their individual character has long since taken basic shape. A university ought to build a stage on which all kinds of different personalities can coexist, guiding each character to shine in its own distinctive way; it should not then try to remake students’ personalities. Primary and secondary education are different. Primary and secondary schools, together with parents, bear the mission of cultivating and shaping children’s character. The “not yet complete” in “minors” refers precisely to the fact that their personality and character have not yet taken shape, and their…
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2008年7月17日
[France] Michel Manson: “The Eternal Toy”

Culture & Public Commentary2007.10.06
[France] Michel Manson: “The Eternal Toy”
[French] Michel Manson: “The Eternal Toy,” translated by Su Qiyun and Wang Xinlian, Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House, August 2004, 26 yuan The reasons that attracted me to buy this book are as follows: first, it was on sale; second, it is serious scholarly work on something that appears to be an ordinary object. The seriousness of this is evident from the 46 pages of notes appended at the end of the book (the Chinese edition reproduces all the notes in facsimile, which was no small feat); third, I am very interested in this topic. After reading it, I found myself somewhat disappointed. Neither the writing nor the argument…
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2007年10月6日
[France] Brigitte Labbé, Michel Puech: “A Philosophy Primer for Children”

Philosophy & Thought2007.07.17
[France] Brigitte Labbé, Michel Puech: “A Philosophy Primer for Children”
[French] Brigitte Labbé, Michel Puech: *A Philosophical Introduction for Children*, translated by Pan Lin, Wang Chuanya, et al., Guangxi Normal University Press, June 2005, 125.00 yuan — ☆ At last I’ve found a set of philosophy gift books! (I’ve only flipped through half a volume, so I won’t say much for now; in any case, it’s pretty good.) This series claims to be written for children and teenagers aged eight and up. In my view, parents are the more suitable readers. The best way to initiate children into philosophy, in any case, should be direct conversation. A Philosophical Introduction for Children (Complete Set of 6 Volumes) July 17, 2007 Latest…
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2007年7月17日
The Starry Sky Belongs to Children

Life & Notes2007.06.07
The Starry Sky Belongs to Children
During the winter vacation, when I went to Nanbei Lake with my relatives (a dozen or so people), I casually mentioned whether you could see a few more stars here at Nanbei Lake than in Shanghai. At first, Mom, Dad, uncles, and aunts all seemed completely at sea, until I added that nowadays in Shanghai you can hardly see even a few stars at night; then the “adults” were all astonished— in their impression, the night sky still looked full of stars, so many that they were beyond counting. How could there be only the seven or eight stars you can count on your fingers left? That day happened to…
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2007年6月7日
[U.S.] Neil Postman: “The Disappearance of Childhood” —☆

AI & the Future of Technology2007.01.24
[U.S.] Neil Postman: “The Disappearance of Childhood” —☆
[American] Neil Postman: *The Disappearance of Childhood*, translated by Wu Yanlian, Guangxi Normal University Press, 2004 This is also one of those books from which I can hardly bear not to excerpt everything; I strongly recommend it! However, since I already made Postman’s *Amusing Ourselves to Death* one of the “Little Ancient Quarterly Recommendations,” I won’t designate this one as a “quarterly recommendation” as well. Like *Amusing Ourselves to Death*, *The Disappearance of Childhood* also takes media criticism as its theme, but its perspective is quite different—*Amusing Ourselves to Death* is concerned with the passing of reason and thought, whereas *The Disappearance of Childhood* is concerned with the passing of…
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2007年1月24日
A Casual Recollection of My Growing Up (Part 1: Before Fourth Grade in Elementary School)

Life & Notes2006.07.06
A Casual Recollection of My Growing Up (Part 1: Before Fourth Grade in Elementary School)
The memories from before elementary school have grown too blurry; when I try to recall them, it feels as if I’m recounting someone else’s life. When I was little, I changed kindergartens twice, but I hardly ever actually went—mostly I just hung around at home. I really was too spoiled rotten back then. Because I was overindulged, my health was terrible as a child; because my health was terrible, I was indulged even more… At home, the division of labor was very clear when I was young: my father was responsible for earning money, my mother for my education, my grandmother for cooking, and my grandfather for taking care of…
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2006年7月6日